Industry minister to visit US this week for talks on bilateral issues, possibly including Coupang

Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan will visit the United States this week to attend a ceremony for a joint shipbuilding center, government officials said Sunday, with attention focused on whether he will also discuss the thorny issue involving US-listed e-commerce giant Coupang.

Kim will travel to Washington to attend the opening ceremony of the Korea-US Shipbuilding Partnership Center on Thursday (local time), where he is expected to discuss ways to advance bilateral cooperation in the shipbuildin ...